Te Anau Glow Worm Caves: Mysterious Underground Adventure Beneath Shimmering Glowworms

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Explore the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves and experience a mysterious underground adventure beneath shimmering glowworms. Book your tour now and be amazed!

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Te Anau Glowworm Caves - View glittering glowworms in an underground cave system.
Lake Te Anau - Take a scenic cruise across beautiful Lake Te Anau on the luxury catamaran Luminosa to Cavern House on the lake’s western shores.

What's Included

Complimentary Tea & Coffee
Lake cruise on Lake Te Anau

What's Not Included

Food and drinks, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Additional Information

The intriguing Te Anau caves situated on the west coast of Lake Te Anau present a captivating subterranean expedition that enchants tourists of all ages. This journey takes you to a enigmatic underground realm of gushing water, followed by a calm drift in absolute darkness under the twinkling radiance of countless glowworms.
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Location

Te Anau Glowworm Caves - RealNZ

Lakefront Drive

Please arrive at the RealNZ Visitor Centre, 85 Lakefront Drive, Te Anau at least 20 minutes before your scheduled departure.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Allan_t

Oct 15, 2024

Exceptional - The whole experience was unexpected. Amazing boat trip, amazing caves and well organised. The glow worms have an amazing story but are only a small part of this experience

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Peter_b

Oct 12, 2024

Glow worms - a highlight! - A fabulous afternoon on the lake and through the caves. The caves and glow worms were amazing. The guides were helpful and knowledgeable. Thoroughly recommend it. Don’t leave NZ without doing this!!

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Sylviat169

Oct 5, 2024

Like stars in the night but with glow worms! - Well organized; friendly, courteous and knowledgeable staff. The walk in the cave, the force of the water, the boat ride, the glow worms... We loved the experience. Great place.

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Jessen701

Sep 29, 2024

Remarkable Experience - Remarkable experience. Boat ride easygoing and relaxing. Very educational information provided about caves and glow worms. Exciting/thrilling tour of caves, so much beauty. Fun/romantic activity.

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Navigator50855632007

Sep 22, 2024

Great family activity - Once in a lifetime experience. Can be scary for young children as caves are dark and wet. The boat ride reminded me of Willy Wonkas chocolate boat ride. Boat ride relaxing and informative.

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Pczetroc

Sep 21, 2024

Glow worm tour well worth it - Alex our guide was well informed and shared his knowledge with excitement. We enjoyed seeing and learning more about the glow worms. The sheer volume/power/beauty of the water and the caves themselves were equally impressive. The pathway construction to enable this tour was amazing. We also enjoyed the boat ride to the caves, the informative Q&A and nature walk.

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Samru7941xi

Oct 14, 2024

Interesting visit into the glow worms caves - Great trip into the caves to see the glow worms. Staff very friendly and knowledgeable and the educational talk at the end was really interesting. Learnt alot more about the glow worms! Cave experience was good, and the cave really lit up w the worms.

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Theeatos

Sep 23, 2024

Wonderful sight to see - Amazing to see the cave formations and glow worms in their natural environment. Tour guides seemed to be new to guiding this experience so were lacking a little confidence so would have been good to have them partnered with someone who was a bit more experienced to give more details about the workings of the caves.

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Ashleigh_p

Oct 13, 2024

Cool but brief viewing! - Seeing the glow worms was a very cool experience! However, this was only about 10 minutes of the whole tour. The rest of the time was spent on the commute/boat over and hearing about the story behind the caves and the worms. Still interesting to hear about the backstory of these caves and the surrounding landscape though. Plus, the tour guides were friendly and informative!

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Erikgn5406gu

Oct 11, 2024

Hardly any glow worms - Sad experience. Hardly any worms. Even heard one guide saying to another she felt like they were scamming people. 120 dollars is an absolute rip off.

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From $76

up to 15 guests

1 Adult